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Bromodeoxyuridine sensitization of the ultraviolet-sensitive Escherichia coli ras - mutant to ultraviolet irradiation

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The Escherichia coli ras - mutant was sensitized to UV by bromodeoxyuridine. The extent of sensitization indicates that the ras - mutation probably increases UV-sensitivity by an effect on excision repair. This effect probably is uncontrolled degradation without concomitant resynthesis in a small proportion of the repair events.

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  1. Department of Microbiology, The University of Texas at Austin, 78712, Austin, Texas, U.S.A.

    Donald E. Lentzen & James R. Walker

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Lentzen, D.E., Walker, J.R. Bromodeoxyuridine sensitization of the ultraviolet-sensitive Escherichia coli ras - mutant to ultraviolet irradiation. Molec. Gen. Genet. 108, 218–224 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00283351

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